A. Species
Scientific name: Ursus americanus
Common name(s): American Black Bear
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- United States
- Minnesota
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: Minnesota, United States
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 1982
End Year: 2017
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Conservation Management and Mitigation of Human-Wildlife conflict
Motivation of use: Population/Area Management
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people and Non-local Internal
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study findings
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: A project is being put in place that aims to make the use sustainable, but as of the study it has yet to be implemented. Meanwhile, the illegal manner of poaching is still widespread and commonly used
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Details of assessment carried out: CITES Livelihood Case Study Findings
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: While the record
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Enforcement of quotas Mitigate local conflicts through targeted measures aimed at changing human behavior Reducing availability of attractants Increasing tolerance of people
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2020-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
David L. Garshelis, Karen V. Noyce, Véronique St-Louis
Date of record entry: 2024-08-13